The Brides of Fu Manchu
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| The Brides of Fu Manchu | |
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| Directed by | Don Sharp |
| Written by | Harry Alan Towers |
| Produced by | Harry Alan Towers Oliver A. Unger |
| Starring | Christopher Lee Marie Versini Tsai Chin |
| Cinematography | Ernest W. Steward |
| Music by | Bruce Montgomery |
| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated (United Kingdom)[1] Constantin Film (West Germany)[2] |
Release date | 2 September 1966 |
Running time | 93 min. |
| Countries | United Kingdom West Germany |
| Language | English |
The Brides of Fu Manchu is a 1966 British/West German Constantin Film co-production adventure crime film based on the fictional Chinese villain Dr. Fu Manchu, created by Sax Rohmer. It was the second film in a series, and was preceded by The Face of Fu Manchu. The Vengeance of Fu Manchu followed in 1967, The Blood of Fu Manchu in 1968, and The Castle of Fu Manchu in 1969. It was produced by Harry Alan Towers for Hallam Productions. Like the first film, it was directed by Don Sharp, and starred Christopher Lee as Fu Manchu. Nigel Green was replaced by Douglas Wilmer as Scotland Yard detective Nayland Smith.[3]
The action takes place mainly in London, where much of the location filming took place.
Plot[]
In 1924, Dr. Fu Manchu, his army of dacoits and his vicious daughter Lin Tang are kidnapping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island, where he demands that the fathers help him to build a device that transmits blast waves through a radio transmitter, which he intends to use to take over the world. He plans to keep (even wed) the girls in question. But Dr. Fu Manchu's archenemy, Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen.[4]
Cast[]
- Christopher Lee as Dr. Fu Manchu
- Douglas Wilmer as Nayland Smith
- Heinz Drache as Franz Baumer
- Marie Versini as Marie Lentz
- Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Petrie
- Tsai Chin as Lin Tang
- Rupert Davies as Jules Merlin
- as Sergeant Spicer
- Joseph Furst as Otto Lentz
- Roger Hanin as Inspector Pierre Grimaldi
- Harald Leipnitz as Nikki Sheldon
- Carole Gray as Michèle Merlin
- Burt Kwouk as Feng[5]
- Francesca Tu as Lotus
Production[]
Sharp recalled producer Harry Alan Towers used the film to showcase "young and beautiful actresses". It was shot at Bray Studios. Nigel Green was not available to repeat his performance as Neyland Smith so he was replaced by Douglas Wilmer. Sharp recalled filming went "smoothly but already the signs were there that" Towers could make Fu Manchu movies without having to "worry too much because the stories were okay. Well, there was more to making the movies than that."[6]
References[]
- ^ "The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)". BBFC. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Die driezehn Sklavinnen des Dr. Fu Man Chu". filmportal.de. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (27 July 2019). "Unsung Aussie Filmmakers: Don Sharp – A Top 25". Filmink.
- ^ https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a665798
- ^ https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a665798
- ^ Sharp, Don (2 November 1993). "Don Sharp Side 5" (Interview). Interviewed by Teddy Darvas and Alan Lawson. London: History Project. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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- English-language films
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- 1960s adventure films
- 1960s crime thriller films
- British adventure films
- British crime thriller films
- British films
- West German films
- 1960s English-language films
- English-language German films
- Films directed by Don Sharp
- Films set in 1924
- Films based on British novels
- Fu Manchu films
- Films set in London
- Films shot in London